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"I am OMI" - Events/Activities

Next up!

New Date! June 24, 2005 - "I am OMI" radio drama
The OMI radio drama based on our OMI interviews will now air on KPFA FM 94.1 on Friday, June 24 from 1pm to 2pm (We got bumped because of a lengthened pledge drive!) Tune in!

2003-2004 - Oral history collection
We want to interview you! Share your story and save history. We will only take and hour or two of your time to talk about the neighborhood, and we'll save your memories for the future.

Or maybe you'd like to do the interview! We'll provide the equipment, instructions, questions, and all the help you need. All you have to do is have a pleasant chat with an OMI friend, family member, or neighbor. Save OMI history!

(Want to help with this part of the project? Email us, or call Woody LaBounty at 415-759-6429.)

Summer and Fall 2003 - Youth Documentary
Through both the Ocean View Recreation Center's Safe Haven program and the OMI Beacon Center, 16-20 neighborhood teens will act as "Community Filmmakers". They will take historical field trips through the neighborhood, learn about current businesses and parks, interview older residents, and capture OMI's past while speculating on its future.

Their videos will be screened in the neighborhood and parts of their work will be shown at some of the "I am OMI" History Nights.

August 1, 2003 (Friday) - Community Filmmakers Screening
Read about and see photos of the screening of the short videos our first group of young community filmmakers created!

September 20, 2003 - OMI International Family Festival
We were at the Ocean View Recreation Center (Lobos and Capitol streets) with old photos of the neighborhood and free history booklets!

October 11, 2003 (Saturday) - First History Day
We had a wonderful event! Read more about it!

February 2004 - Casting for "I am OMI" play
Arts Connection will be looking for actors, production assistants and others to start putting the history of OMI onstage!

March 27, 2004 (Saturday) - Second History Day
Another great day. Read here for more information and photos.

June 12, 2004 - "I am OMI" play premieres in the Ingleside.
Arts Connection presented an original play based on OMI neighborhood stories and history at the Diego Rivera Theatre, 50 Phelan Avenue, City College of San Francisco.

September 2004 - OMI International Family Festival
We were there with historical photos and booklets of the neighborhood.

April 2005 - OMI History Walk
"I am OMI" history panels displayed in storefront windows in OMI! Take a walk through local history.

April 23, 2005 (Saturday) - OMI History Walk
Woody LaBounty of the Western Neighborhoods Project gave a guided tour of the OMI History Walk for about 20 people.

June 24, 2005, 1pm-2pm - "I am OMI" radio drama
Listen to a drama based on OMI stories: KPFA 94.1FM!

Images: 1) Sample marker sign for the OMI History Walk; 2) Dance Kaiso at "Shades of Ocean View" celebration - May 17, 2003. Photo by Amanda Herman.

Contribute your own stories about the OMI!

This project is made possible by a grant from the CALIFORNIA COUNCIL FOR THE HUMANITIES with generous support from the San Francisco Foundation, as part of the Council's statewide California Stories Initiative. The COUNCIL is an independent non-profit organization and a state affiliate of the NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES. For more information on the Council and the California Stories Initiative, visit www.californiastories.org.

Page launched 26 May 2003; Updated 19 May 2005.